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* SpiritualSuccessor: Can be seen as a 2000s version of ''Film/TheNightPorter''; both films portray a doomed romance between a Nazi war criminal and their [[AgeGapRomance much younger lover]] in post-war Germany, although this film [[GenderSwap reverses the genders]].
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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] at the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?" The actress was then seen [[ActuallyPrettyFunny laughing her head off]].

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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] at the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?" The actress was then seen [[ActuallyPrettyFunny [[{{Corpsing}} laughing her head off]].
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* ConsolationAward: By the time 2009 rolled around, Creator/KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an UseulNotes/AcademyAward. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress, even though she won the UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe for Best Supporting Actress for the same role. Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''. Many people believed that she deserved to win for ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', as well as ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', ''Film/Titanic1997'', ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''Film/LittleChildren''.

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* ConsolationAward: By the time 2009 rolled around, Creator/KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an UseulNotes/AcademyAward.UsefulNotes/AcademyAward. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress, even though she won the UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe for Best Supporting Actress for the same role. Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''. Many people believed that she deserved to win for ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', as well as ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', ''Film/Titanic1997'', ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''Film/LittleChildren''.

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* AwardSnub: The film didn't win Best Picture, but fans of other films were very vocal that it got a nomination in favour of them.

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* AwardSnub: The film didn't win the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture, but fans of other films were very vocal that it got a nomination in favour of them.


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* ConsolationAward: By the time 2009 rolled around, Creator/KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an UseulNotes/AcademyAward. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress, even though she won the UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe for Best Supporting Actress for the same role. Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''. Many people believed that she deserved to win for ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', as well as ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', ''Film/Titanic1997'', ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''Film/LittleChildren''.

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* AwardSnub:
** As noted below, the film didn't win Best Picture, but fans of other films were very vocal that it got a nomination in favour of them.
** Inverted with Kate Winslet. She won, marking her first Oscar win, but many felt she should have been recognised for better roles such as ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/LittleChildren'' or ''Iris''. Even within that year, many claimed that she should have won for ''Literature/RevolutionaryRoad'' instead of ''The Reader''.

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* AwardSnub:
** As noted below, the
AwardSnub: The film didn't win Best Picture, but fans of other films were very vocal that it got a nomination in favour of them.
** Inverted with Kate Winslet. She won, marking her first Oscar win, but many felt she should have been recognised for better roles such as ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/LittleChildren'' or ''Iris''. Even within that year, many claimed that she should have won for ''Literature/RevolutionaryRoad'' instead of ''The Reader''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:

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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] at the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?"

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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] at the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?"I?" The actress was then seen [[ActuallyPrettyFunny laughing her head off]].
* JustHereForGodzilla: For some, Kate Winslet's performance (though agreed to not be as good as some of her others) is the sole reason to watch the film.
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** Inverted with Kate Winslet. She won, marking her first Oscar win, but many felt she should have been recognised for better roles such as ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/LittleChildren'' or ''Iris''. Even within that year, many claimed that she should have won for ''Revolutionary Road'' instead of ''The Reader''.

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** Inverted with Kate Winslet. She won, marking her first Oscar win, but many felt she should have been recognised for better roles such as ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/LittleChildren'' or ''Iris''. Even within that year, many claimed that she should have won for ''Revolutionary Road'' ''Literature/RevolutionaryRoad'' instead of ''The Reader''.
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* InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by the better-received and better-remembered ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The make-up used to age Kate Winslet about forty years is quite impressive.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The make-up used to age Kate Winslet about forty years is quite impressive.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Nowadays, the Holocaust narrative of the film often comes second to the detail that it's a film where a thirtysomething has an affair with a 15-year-old.
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* InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.
* OvershadowedByControversy: This film might better be remembered as the one that fans of ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Wall-E'' claimed they were snubbed in favour of - and prompting the Academy to expand the Best Picture nominations to ten films as a result.

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* InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by the better-received and better-remembered ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.
* OvershadowedByControversy: This film might better be remembered as the one that fans of ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Wall-E'' claimed they were snubbed in favour favor of, due to the typical aggressive campaigning efforts of - and prompting Harvey Weinstein. This would prompt the Academy to expand the Best Picture nominations to a maximum of ten films as a result.
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-->"''I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been, you know? We get it. It was grim. Move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust you're guaranteed an Oscar.''"

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-->"''I don't think we really need another film about [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Holocaust, Holocaust]], do we? It's like, how many have there been, you know? We get it. It was grim. Move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust you're guaranteed an Oscar.''"
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that Hanna took advantage of an ill sixteen-year-old boy makes a lot of people refuse to give her any sympathy.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that Hanna took advantage of an ill sixteen-year-old boy makes a lot of people refuse to give her any sympathy. Oh, and the whole thing about her being complicit in the death of several hundred Jewish women.
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* DoubleStandard: Hanna has an affair with a teenage boy and is portrayed sympathetically. Were the genders reversed, it would not be possible to portray the adult as anything more than a creep.
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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] while hosting the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?"

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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] while hosting at the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?"

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't AwardSnub:
** As noted below, the film didn't win Best Picture, but fans of other films were
very well received to begin with, even by critics, vocal that it got a nomination in favour of them.
** Inverted with Kate Winslet. She won, marking her first Oscar win,
but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' many felt she should have been recognised for better roles such as ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/LittleChildren'' or ''Iris''. Even within that year, many claimed that she should have won for ''Revolutionary Road'' instead of ''The Reader''.
* DoubleStandard: Hanna has an affair with a teenage boy
and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.is portrayed sympathetically. Were the genders reversed, it would not be possible to portray the adult as anything more than a creep.


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* InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.
* OvershadowedByControversy: This film might better be remembered as the one that fans of ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Wall-E'' claimed they were snubbed in favour of - and prompting the Academy to expand the Best Picture nominations to ten films as a result.
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_spectator/2009/02/dont_give_an_oscar_to_the_reader.html Here]] about the fact that the film implies Hanna being illiterate is worse than helping kill three hundred Jewish women in a fire.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that Hanna took advantage of an ill sixteen-year-old boy makes a lot of people refuse to give her any sympathy.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The make-up used to age Kate Winslet about forty years is quite impressive.
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.



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* HilariousInHindsight: KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:

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* HilariousInHindsight: KateWinslet's Creator/KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Series/Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hanna's [[spoiler:inability to read]] is a rather transparent metaphor for the inability of her generation to see the evil of the Nazis at the time it was occurring; not incidentally, it's by learning to read that she becomes fully aware of the enormity of the Holocaust.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hanna's [[spoiler:inability to read]] is a rather transparent metaphor for the inability of her generation to see the evil of the Nazis at the time it was occurring; not incidentally, it's by learning to read that she becomes fully aware of the enormity of the Holocaust.Holocaust.

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, even by critics, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots.
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* HilariousInHindsight: KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:

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* HilariousInHindsight: KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Extras}}'' ''{{Series/Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:
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* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.]]

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* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.]]]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hanna's [[spoiler:inability to read]] is a rather transparent metaphor for the inability of her generation to see the evil of the Nazis at the time it was occurring; not incidentally, it's by learning to read that she becomes fully aware of the enormity of the Holocaust.
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spotsspots.
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't very well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots
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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] while hosting the Golden Globes that year. "Well done, Kate Winslet, nominated tonight [...] Didn't I tell you do a Holocaust movie for awards?"

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** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] while hosting the Golden Globes that year. "Well done, Kate done Winslet, nominated tonight [...] Didn't I tell you told ya, do a Holocaust movie for awards?"movie, the awards come, didn't I?"
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* WhatAnIdiot: Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Hannah [[spoiler:Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: KateWinslet's appearance in ''{{Extras}}'' was, at best, very prophetic:
-->"''I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been, you know? We get it. It was grim. Move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust you're guaranteed an Oscar.''"
** Ricky Gervais [[LampshadeHanging pointed this out]] while hosting the Golden Globes that year. "Well done, Kate Winslet, nominated tonight [...] Didn't I tell you do a Holocaust movie for awards?"
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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spots

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* AwardSnub / InternetBackdraft: This movie wasn't well received to begin with, but it's especially hated by ''TheDarkKnight'' and ''WallE'' fans for "stealing" their Best Picture spotsspots
* WhatAnIdiot: Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.

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